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Low Income Housing and Subsidized Apartments in Somerville, MA

Below is the listing of 18 affordable apartments and low-income housing in Somerville, MA. Some apartments listed here will require prospective residents to meet income eligibility requirements and other guidelines specific to a housing authority, and other properties will be open to all residents needing affordable housing.

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Bonair Residence - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Disabled)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
Contact Phone: (617) 629-3486
Broadway Residence - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Disabled)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
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Details: The Broadway Program in East Somerville is a recently renovated three story Victorian-style house. After the renovation the house has retained many examples of fine craftsmanship, displayed in the beautiful woodwork and stained-glass features found throughout the house. The first floor of the house is fully wheelchair accessible. The staff office is located on the first floor. There are two bedrooms with one shared bath on the first floor, and six bedrooms with two shared bathrooms on the second floor. The residence has a beautiful, large, open-architecture sitting room with a stereo and television. The modern kitchen is equipped with two ovens and individual cabinets for residents to store food. Residents can also enjoy the spacious back deck in good weather and use the outside grill for summer barbeques.
Bryant Manor - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Elderly)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
Contact Phone: (617) 625-1152
Details: Bryant Manor is a 134 unit state senior/young disabled housing development located in East Somerville. Bryant Manor features one bedroom apartments and private balconies. All apartments include utilities, refrigerator, and stove. Bryant Manor has a large community room, library, and off-street parking. This development is conveniently located near MBTA transportation and shopping. Bryant Manor has an active resident association as well as many resident opportunities.
Burton F Faulkner Tower - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Elderly)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02143
Contact Phone: (617) 628-2119
Center House - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Disabled)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02143
Contact Phone: (617) 234-2912
Clarendon Hill Towers - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02144
Contact Phone: (617) 625-7150
Details: Clarendon Hill Towers is located along the scenic Alewife Brook Parkway in historic Somerville, Massachusetts. The site was designed to provide a sense of community for residents. Here, the word “home” includes an onsite cafe, community room and meeting space, lending library, computer learning center, playground, and fitness center. Within a few blocks of the property, there is public transportation, a grocery store, youth center, parks, retail shops, and a variety of restaurants. Minutes from downtown Boston, our community offers a residential setting with access to area highways, public transportation, local attractions, and business centers.
Cobble Hill Apartments - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02143
Contact Phone: (617) 625-8920
Details: Cobble Hill Apartments is better known as "the oasis" in the heart of Somerville. Our 10+ acres of award winning landscape will take your breath away. Cobble Hill is a family / elderly development consisting of four multi-story, elevator-serviced, masonry buildings constructed in 1981. Our community is located just one block from Sullivan Square Station on Boston's Orange Line subway. There is also a public transit bus stop in front of our building on Washington Street.
Hagan Manor - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Elderly)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02143
Contact Phone: (617) 666-2117
Details: Hagan Manor is a 24-unit senior/young disabled housing development in the heart of Union Square area. There is a MBTA bus stop directly in front of the building. Hagan Manor features one, two, and three bedroom apartments, a congregate unit, as well as a community room and off-street parking. Hagan Manor has an active resident association. It’s location in Union Square offers T accessibility to Lechmere T station or Porter Square as well as many restaurants and shops within walking distance. Market Basket supermarket is located a short distance away on Somerville Ave.
Mt Pleasant Apartments - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Elderly/Disabled)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
Contact Phone: (617) 623-5810
Details: Mount Pleasant Apartments consists of 42 one-bedrooms and 23 two-bedroom homes. The complex is composed of one four-story building that is located in a quiet residential setting, yet only minutes from Route 93, public transportation and city conveniences. The community offers amenities such as a community room, on-site laundry, and is pet friendly. Supportive services and coordinated activities are available and management staff are located on-site. Mount Pleasant is predominately designed for seniors 62+ as well as persons with disabilities who are under age 62 and fall within the income guidelines.
Mt. Vernon I - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
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Mt. Vernon Ii - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
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Mt. Vernon Iii - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
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Pearl Street 219-221 - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
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Pearl Street House - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Disabled)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
Contact Phone: (617) 492-2992
Details: Pearl Street is a beautiful two-story apartment complex constructed around 1995. Each apartment has its own full bathroom, a kitchenette, a living room and a bedroom with new and modern conveniences. Each apartment also has an intercom system to the front entry. On the first floor there are five apartments, a staff office, a common area with a TV and VCR, and a laundry area with two coin-operated washers and dryers. The second floor has five apartments and a pay phone. All of the apartments are air conditioned. In addition to these accommodations, there is a landscaped backyard with a bricked-in patio used for parking.
Pearl Street Park - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Elderly)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
Contact Phone: (617) 625-8780
Somerville Place - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Disabled)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02143
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Details: Somerville Place is conveniently located near Davis Square in one direction, and Lechmere Station in the other. Davis Square is a twenty-minute walk from the house down Highland Avenue. Many services are available in Davis Square, including banks a post office, the Social Security Administration, health services, and many new shops and restaurants. Even closer to Somerville Place are the Somerville Public Library, as well as many restaurants and stores. There are bus stops within yards of Somerville Place in either direction for the two bus lines that run down Highland Avenue traveling to Davis Square, Assembly Square Mall, Sullivan Station or Lechmere Station. From Lechmere, the Green Line train can be accessed, and from Davis Square one can access the Red Line train. From Sullivan Station, the orange line can be accessed.
Vna - Alewife Brook Park - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Elderly)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02144
Contact Phone: (617) 776-9800
Details: On the border of Arlington, Winchester, Medford and Cambridge, this thoroughly modern residence, on Alewife Brook Parkway features 99 handicapped-accessible, private one-bedroom apartments and incorporates green technologies, such as solar power, rain water recycling and co-generation of electricity - making it one of the most environmentally friendly complexes ever built. The Alewife Brook Parkway building is located by the scenic Mystic River Greenway with lovely walking paths and wildlife including swans, ducks, otters and wildlife, with easy access to all Greater Boston highways - Rt. 2, Rt. 93, Rt. 16, Rt. 95 and Rt. 128.
Walnut Street Apartments - Subsidized, Low-Rent Apartment (for Family)
Location: Somerville, MA - 02145
Contact Phone: (617) 591-0577

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